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HENRY CHENEY, OF LITTLE FALLS, NEW YORK.

Letters .Patent'Nm (i6,2980lated July 2, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT `IN TEE CONSTRUCTION 0I HAMMERS.

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TO ALL WHOM. IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY CHENELiof Little Falls, in the county ofHerkimer, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hammers; and I do hereby declare thntthe following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enahlethoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is e side view of' my improved hammer.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of this same, the plane of sectionbeing indicated by the line a: w, fig. 1.

Similar letters Aof reference indicate ,corresponding parts.

This invention relates to afnew manner of forming the sockets ofwroughtjiron hammers, and `consists in making the same of malleableiron, and brazing, soldering, or otherwise securingrit to the head.

Hammers are generally made of cast iron, but wrought-iron hammers nrefar superior, and in greater demand than any other kind. But it is notonly very difficult to form thesocket on a wrought-iron hammer, but alsoto lnd sound enough iron to form the socket on. v

My invention is designed to overcome all these diicultics, and toprovide a. hammer which combines the strength and durability of awrought-iron hammer with the facility of construction of a cast-ironhummer.

A represents the head of a hammer mede of wrought ir'on of the usualshape. B is the sookencast of malleable iron, in the usual shape, andprovided with tapering tips Aor flanges, a a, which t into correspondingrecesses in the head A, as shown in fig. 2. The socket is brezcd,soldered, riveted, or otherwise secured tothe head. The face and clawsof the hammer may be made of steel, and the most improved kind oi hammercan thus be made at the lenstpossible expense. The handle() of thehammer is made in the usual manner, and secured in the ordinary style.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim nsnew, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination ofthe cast-iron socket B with the wrought-iron head A,both made andconnected substantially in the manner and for thepurposes'set forth.

HENRY CHENEY.

4Witnesses DAN. VAN Vons'r, ALoNzo H. STEELE.

